Milly Alcock

Milly Alcock (born April 11, 2000) is an Australian actress having had regular appearances in Janet King (2017) and A Place to Call Home Fighting Season and Pine Gap (2018), Les Norton (2019), The Gloaming and Reckoning (2020), and in the award-winning Upright 2019–2022.

Milly Alcock
BornApril 11, 2000 (age 22) [1]
Sydney, Australia [1]
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present
Notable work
Upright and House of the Dragon

Life and career

Alcock was born and raised in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1] Her first appearance on television was as a teenager in Wonderland in 2014.[1] Some other early work included playing Isabella Barrett in High Life, she played Cindi Jackson in series three of Janet King (both 2017),and appeared in television adverts for NBN, Cadbury, KFC & Woolworths.[2]

Alcock plays a runaway teenager Meg, hitchhiking across 2000 miles of the Australian outback in the Foxtel drama Upright, for which she won the Casting Guild of Australia Rising Star Award 2018.[3] Alcock was also nominated for Best Comedy Performer but lost out to her Upright co-star Tim Minchin.[4]

In 2021, Alcock landed a recurring role young version of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, a dragonrider of pure Valyrian blood,[5] in House of the Dragon, a Game of Thrones prequel series [6] due to premiere in August 2022.[7]

Alcock was in Queensland for the filming of series 2 of Upright in March 2022.[8]

Filmography

Television and film
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Wonderland Teen Girl 1 1 episode
2017 Janet King Cindi Jackson 3 episodes
2017 High Life (TV miniseries) Isabella Barrett 6 episodes
2018 A Place to Call Home Emma Carvolth 4 episodes
2018 The School Jien Film
2018 Fighting Season Maya Nordenfelt 6 episodes
2018 Pine Gap Marissa Campbell 5 episodes
2019 Les Norton Sian Galese 4 episodes
2020 The Gloaming Jenny McGinty 7 episodes
2020 The Familiars Alison Short film
2019-2020 Reckoning Sam Serrato 10 episodes
2019-2022 Upright Meg 9 episodes
2022 House of the Dragon Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Young) 10 episodes

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2018 Casting Guild of Australia Rising Stars of 2018 TV career so far Won [9][10]
2020 AACTA Awards Best Comedy Performer Upright Nominated [9][3]

References
  1. "What age is Milly Alcock? Actress stars in Game Of Thrones prequel". thefocus.news. 19 December 2020.
  2. "Milly Alcock (plays Isabella Barrett)". highlifeseries.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "ATX TV Review: Downunder Series 'Upright' Premieres and Judd Apatow Likes it". blogcritics.org. 28 July 2020.
  4. "Milly Alcock reveals she dropped out of high school to star in award-winning Foxtel drama Upright". dailyuknews.com. 19 December 2020.
  5. "'House of the Dragon' Adds Milly Alcock as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen". showbizjunkies.com. 6 July 2021.
  6. "HBO announced today Australian actor Milly Alcock has been cast in the upcoming series, House of the Dragon". tvblackbox.com.au. 7 July 2021.
  7. "House of the Dragon to Premiere on April 3rd 2022". instagram.com. 26 January 2022.
  8. "Production begins on Upright 2". tvtonight.com.au. 6 March 2022.
  9. "Milly Alcock Awards". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  10. "Casting Guild of Australia Awards 2018: Winners". tvtonight.com.au. 5 December 2018.


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